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then shot it through the call at the bird. It wasn't the call 

 she expected to hear when she saw the decoys. This is 

 the way you called: Quack quack quack! Do you 

 know when you heard that call before to-day ? Well, 

 1 will tell you ; It was when you routed those single 

 ducks out of the timber as you came through. It was 

 a cry of fright with them. That's what scared the duck. 

 When you see them coming in, and off, say 100 to 200 

 yards, call, until their attention is attracted to the de- 

 coys. After they once set their wings to come in, 

 don't call, but keep quiet. At this time click with 

 your tongue, just as you would at a horse. This 

 attracts them very quickly. When you call them at 

 a distance govern your voice according to where they 

 are. Remember, that slight sounds travel speedily 

 and far in the quiet woods. Learn this call : " Me- 

 amp " " Me-amp," Utter it in a baritone voice, soft- 

 ly, with a vibration. Practice this, and you will 

 have one that you can depend on, and will always 

 be on hand when wanted. Here comes a pair. Now, let's 

 see you inake a double. See how their wings are set ; 

 how they are bowed. No ! no ! don't shoot. They will 

 turn ; let them come back. See how pretty they are 

 in the sunlight; the golden yellow on the duck, the 

 chestnut and white, the emerald green on the drake. 

 Don't move ; now try and get them both. Ha ! ha ! 

 You are a great one ! Bound to have the drake, wasn't 

 you ? Well, you got him, if you did loose the duck. 

 Really, you ought to have killed them both. But in 

 your .anxiety to kill the drake you showed poor judg- 

 ment. The duck was about thirty-five yards from you, 

 the drake twenty five. If you had shot the duck first, 

 then the drake would have been plenty close enough 



